JP4466252B2 - Manufacturing method of high carbon hot rolled steel sheet - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a method for producing a high carbon hot-rolled steel sheet having excellent workability.

  In general, a hot-rolled steel sheet is obtained by heating a slab to a predetermined temperature in a heating furnace, rolling the heated slab to a predetermined thickness with a roughing mill to form a rough bar, and then forming the rough bar with a plurality of stands. It is manufactured by finishing and rolling in a finishing mill to obtain a hot-rolled steel sheet having a predetermined thickness, cooling the hot-rolled steel sheet at a cooling stand on a run-out table, and winding it with a coiler. When the hot-rolled steel sheet is cooled after finish rolling, the upper surface of the steel sheet is usually cooled by a tubular pipe laminator, and the lower surface of the steel sheet is cooled by a spray installed between the conveying rolls. In such a cooling method, a nucleate boiling state occurs in a portion directly exposed to water, but a film boiling phenomenon occurs in other wide portions, and the cooling rate is about 50 ° C./second. The structure of the hot-rolled steel sheet thus manufactured is substantially a mixed phase structure of ferrite and pearlite.

  In recent years, high-strength hot-rolled steel sheets mainly composed of a bainite structure have been put into practical use as hot-rolled steel sheets for applications requiring high strength and stretch flangeability, as steel sheets having high strength and excellent workability. In a high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet having a transformation structure (ferrite-bainite, bainite) mainly composed of such a bainite structure, in order to improve both stretch flangeability and strength, that is, stretch flangeability-strength balance, It is effective to reduce the size. In general, the structure of a hot-rolled steel sheet can be controlled by controlling finish rolling and subsequent cooling. Therefore, a technique for improving workability by defining these manufacturing methods has been proposed. These high-strength hot-rolled steel sheets have been applied to various structural members and parts for the purpose of reducing the weight of automobiles, and recently, the processing level from the viewpoint of improving productivity is higher than before. The demand for is getting stricter. For this reason, cracking is likely to occur in press processing of high-strength hot-rolled steel sheets due to an increase in the degree of processing. Therefore, high strength hot-rolled steel sheets are required to have extremely hard and high workability as well as high hardenability.

  In particular, high-carbon hot-rolled steel sheets used as tools or automobile parts (gears, missions), etc. as high-strength hot-rolled steel sheets are subjected to heat treatments such as stamping, forming, and quenching and tempering. One of the demands of the user who performs this is to improve the hole expansion process (burring) in the molding after punching. This hole expansion workability is evaluated as stretch flangeability as press formability. Therefore, a material excellent in stretch flangeability is desired.

  Several techniques have been studied for improving the workability of such a high carbon hot-rolled steel sheet.

  For example, a method for producing a medium / high carbon steel sheet excellent in stretch flangeability in a process after cold rolling has been proposed. This technique is made of steel containing 0.1 to 0.8% by mass of C, the metal structure is substantially a ferrite + pearlite structure, and the area ratio of pro-eutectoid ferrite is C (% by mass) as required. 3 stages of cold rolling of 15% or more on a hot rolled steel sheet with a pearlite lamella spacing of 0.1 μm or more, and then holding for a long time in 3 or 2 temperature ranges. Alternatively, two-stage annealing is performed (for example, see Patent Document 1).

  In addition, regarding the manufacturing method of high carbon steel sheet with less proeutectoid ferrite generation and excellent stretch flangeability compared to conventional technology, the technology related to the structure building in the hot rolling stage has been studied, and the cooling rate is 120 ° C / second or more. In this method, strong cooling (rapid cooling) is performed and the strong cooling stop temperature is set to 650 ° C. or lower and the winding temperature is set to 600 ° C. or lower, or the strong cooling stop temperature is set to 600 ° C. or lower and the winding temperature is set to 500 ° C. or lower. (For example, refer to Patent Document 2).

In addition, in the cooling control method that takes into account the transformation that occurs when cooling the steel sheet, it is necessary to control the cooling and temperature control over the entire length of the steel sheet by calculating the temperature in order to build the steel sheet under the target cooling conditions. A steel transformation structure control method has been proposed in which the net temperature change of steel due to cooling is obtained by calculation, the transformation temperature range is predicted, and the cooling conditions are thereby determined (see, for example, Patent Document 3).
JP-A-11-269552 JP 2003-13144 A JP-A-56-119741

  However, these technologies have the following problems.

  First, in the technique described in Patent Document 1, although the ferrite structure is composed of pro-eutectoid ferrite and does not contain carbide, it is soft and excellent in ductility, but stretch flangeability is not always good.

  Moreover, in the technique described in Patent Document 2, transformation heat generation after the end of strong cooling becomes significant when manufacturing a high carbon steel sheet, and it is very difficult to control the temperature within the above temperature range. Regardless, there is no description of a temperature control method that takes into account the transformation heat generated after cooling at a cooling rate of 120 ° C./second until winding. That is, if this technology is applied to an actual machine, heat generation of about 100 ° C. may occur after the end of strong cooling. Therefore, stretch flangeability will deteriorate. Further, in the technique described in Patent Document 2, transformation heat generation occurs after winding on a coiler, and as a result, even if the bainite transformation occurs at the temperature immediately after winding, the structure of the steel sheet is transformed into pearlite, There is a possibility that coarsening of the pearlite lamella spacing may be promoted, but this is not assumed.

  On the other hand, in the technique described in Patent Document 3, a steel transformation structure control method has been proposed, but the transformation that occurs during cooling is predicted and only the control of the coiling temperature is performed. It does not describe how to control the transformation.

  The present invention was made to solve these problems of the prior art, and when producing a high-carbon hot-rolled steel sheet, considering the transformation heat generation, the temperature of the steel sheet after finishing rolling is the target temperature range. By controlling to, it can be applied to severe press working applications without generating proeutectoid ferrite in the hot rolling stage, and manufacturing high carbon hot rolled steel sheets with excellent workability including stretch flangeability It is intended to provide a method.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present inventors have conducted extensive research on the influence of the microstructure on the stretch flangeability of high-carbon hot-rolled steel sheets, and have conducted detailed research on the behavior of transformation heat generation. Factors affecting the stretch flangeability of high carbon hot-rolled steel sheet are not only the shape and amount of carbide, but also the dispersed state of carbide, and the structure of high-carbon hot-rolled steel sheet is controlled to a structure having a predetermined amount of bainite. This makes it possible to achieve uniform fine dispersion of carbide and coarsening of ferrite grains after annealing, and as a result, it is extremely soft and excellent in workability including stretch flangeability while having high hardenability. It has been found that a high carbon hot rolled steel sheet can be obtained. And when the manufacturing method for controlling to the above-mentioned structure is examined, and transformation occurs after the completion of strong cooling, in the case of sudden transformation heat generation (for example, 100 ° C. at 10 s), temperature control after strong cooling is difficult, Since it becomes difficult to build the target structure, rapid transformation heat generation does not occur in a short time, the transformation heat generation behavior after strong cooling is gradual, and the high carbon content of the component system that makes temperature control easy It has been found that by using steel, it is possible to easily create a structure having a desired amount of bainite.

  The present invention has been made based on the above viewpoint, and has the following features in order to solve the above problems.

[ 1 ] A steel containing 0.2 to 0.7% by mass of C and containing Cr in an amount of 0.01% to less than 0.6% by mass is heated at a finishing temperature (Ar ₃ transformation point −20 ° C.) or higher. After cold rolling, strong cooling is performed so that the transformation start temperature becomes the upper bainite temperature, and after the strong cooling is finished before the transformation starts, the coil is cooled so that it is maintained at the upper bainite temperature until coiling. A method for producing a high-carbon hot-rolled steel strip characterized by controlling.

[ 2 ] Steel containing 0.2 to 0.7% by mass of C and containing Cr in an amount of 0.01% to less than 0.6% by mass is heated at a finishing temperature (Ar ₃ transformation point −20 ° C.) or higher. After hot rolling, strong cooling is performed so that the transformation start temperature becomes the lower bainite temperature, and after the strong cooling is finished before the transformation starts, cooling is performed so that the lower bainite temperature is maintained until winding by the coiler. A method for producing a high-carbon hot-rolled steel strip characterized by controlling.

[ 3 ] The method for producing a high carbon hot-rolled steel strip according to [1] or [2] , wherein a temperature fluctuation range from the start of transformation to the end of transformation is controlled within 50 ° C.

  In the present invention, by adding a predetermined amount of Cr, the transformation heat generation behavior after strong cooling is moderate, and the high-temperature steel of the component system that is easy to control the temperature is used, and the heat after finishing rolling is finished. Since the temperature history of the rolled steel sheet is controlled to a predetermined value, the structure of the hot-rolled steel sheet is controlled to a structure having a predetermined amount of bainite, and after annealing, uniform fine dispersion of carbide and coarsening of ferrite grains can be accurately performed. As a result, it is possible to provide a high carbon hot-rolled steel sheet having high hardenability, extremely soft, and excellent workability including stretch flangeability.

  Hereinafter, matters for specifying the present invention will be described.

  First, chemical components will be described.

C content: 0.2-0.7 mass%
C is an important element that forms carbides and imparts hardness after quenching. When the C content is less than 0.2% by mass, proeutectoid ferrite is prominently formed in the structure after hot rolling, and the distribution of carbides becomes uneven. Furthermore, in that case, sufficient strength cannot be obtained as a machine structural part after quenching. If the C content exceeds 0.7% by mass, the steel sheet after hot rolling is high in hardness and brittle, and sufficient workability cannot be obtained even after annealing. In addition, the strength after quenching is saturated. Therefore, the C content is specified to be 0.2 to 0.7 mass%.

Cr addition amount: 0.01 to 1.0 mass%
Cr is an element that enhances hardenability and has the effect of contributing to the strength of the steel sheet. And it is an element which affects the transformation behavior (temperature change) after strong cooling. FIG. 1 shows the effect of the amount of Cr added on the duration of transformation heat generation and the temperature rise due to transformation heat generation. According to FIG. 1, when Cr is added, the temperature rise due to transformation heat generation is suppressed, and the duration of transformation heat generation is prolonged. That is, it can be seen that the temperature rises gradually.
In particular, when Cr is added in an amount of 0.6% by mass or more, the heat generation amount of transformation becomes less than 30 ° C., and after completion of strong cooling (rapid cooling), the temperature in a predetermined temperature range is maintained without being subjected to special temperature control. It becomes possible to.
In addition, when the amount of Cr added is less than 0.6% by mass, a large amount of heat is generated in a relatively short time due to transformation after the end of strong cooling, but appropriate cooling control (slow cooling) is performed after the end of strong cooling. It is possible to control the temperature within a predetermined temperature range. However, when the amount of Cr added is less than 0.15% by mass, a large amount of heat is generated in a short time due to transformation after the end of strong cooling, and appropriate cooling control (slow cooling) can be performed after the end of strong cooling. Since it is difficult, it is preferable that the amount of Cr added is 0.15% or more. Furthermore, when the amount of Cr added is less than 0.01% by mass, a large amount of heat is generated in a short time due to transformation after the end of strong cooling, and appropriate cooling control (slow cooling) can be performed after the end of strong cooling. Since it is extremely difficult, the Cr addition amount is 0.01% by mass or more.
On the other hand, Cr has a high alloy cost and causes an increase in cost, and when the added amount exceeds 1.0 mass%, the weldability is deteriorated, and the time until the transformation starts becomes long. And since the structure | tissue of the steel plate at the time of a transformation start will change, Cr addition amount shall be 1.0 mass% or less.

B: When added, 0.0025% by mass or less B is an element that enhances hardenability and has an effect of contributing to the strength of the steel sheet, and therefore can be added as necessary. However, these elements have high alloy costs and increase costs, and if an excessive amount of B is added, the B compound segregates at the grain boundaries and causes embrittlement. Therefore, when adding B, it is preferable to make B into 0.0025 mass% or less.

Ti, Nb, V, Zr: When added, 0.01 to 0.2% by mass in total
In the present invention, in addition to the above-described chemical components, Ti, Nb, V, Zr may be added as necessary for non-aging and deep drawability improvement through solid solution C, N reduction by strength adjustment or carbide formation. Can be added. These elements have no effect when the total amount added is less than 0.01% by mass, and the effect is saturated when the amount exceeds 0.2% by mass. Therefore, when adding Ti, Nb, V, and Zr, it is preferable that these addition amounts are 0.01-0.2 mass% in total.

  In addition to the above, elements such as Si, Mn, P, S, Al, and N may be included as long as the effects of the present invention are not hindered.

  Next, the structure of the target hot-rolled steel sheet will be described.

  As for the structure of the high carbon hot-rolled steel sheet before annealing, a structure having a bainite phase is more preferable after annealing than a structure of a pearlite single phase. When the volume fraction of the bainite phase is 20% or more, carbides are finely spheroidized during annealing, and ferrite grains are coarsened uniformly. Therefore, the volume ratio of the bainite phase is controlled to be 20% or more.

  Furthermore, by setting the volume fraction of the bainite phase to 70% or more, the dispersion state of the carbides can be made more uniform and fine, and uniform coarse ferrite grains can be obtained, and extremely excellent workability and hardenability can be imparted. Therefore, more preferably, the volume ratio of the bainite phase is controlled to be 70% or more.

  Next, manufacturing conditions in the present invention will be described.

  In the following description, C is contained in an amount of 0.32 to 0.38% by mass for the temperature range where the transformation structure is upper bainite (upper bainite temperature) and the temperature range where the transformation structure is lower bainite (lower bainite temperature). Although an example of steel will be described, these temperature ranges vary depending on the amount of carbon and the amount of other elements. Therefore, the temperature range where the transformation structure becomes upper bainite corresponding to the amount of carbon and the amount of added elements of the steel. And the temperature range used as a lower bainite should just be calculated | required beforehand.

  In recent years, for the purpose of reducing alloying elements, integrating steel types, reducing material variations, and increasing functionality, for example, it has become possible to perform strong cooling exceeding a cooling rate of 700 ° C./s at a plate thickness of 3 mm. Therefore, the steel containing 0.2 to 0.7% by mass of C starts cooling within a certain time immediately after finishing rolling, and after cooling starts, it is strongly cooled so that pearlite transformation does not occur at least during cooling ( (Rapid cooling) is effective for generating a structure mainly composed of fine bainite.

  Then, two types of bainite structures, an upper bainite structure and a lower bainite structure, appear according to the end temperature of strong cooling. For example, in the case of steel containing 0.32 to 0.38% by mass of C, an upper bainite structure is obtained when the strong cooling end temperature is 500 to 570 ° C, and a lower bainite structure is obtained when the strong cooling end temperature is 400 ° C to 500 ° C. . However, due to transformation heat generation after the end of strong cooling, a temperature range that becomes an upper bainite structure (for example, 500 to 570 ° C. in the case of steel containing 0.32 to 0.38% by mass of C), or a lower bainite structure When the temperature cannot be controlled within a temperature range (for example, 400 ° C. to 500 ° C. in the case of steel containing 0.32 to 0.38% by mass of C), the following problems occur. Arise. That is, when the temperature is not maintained within the above temperature range and the upper limit is exceeded, the newly generated structure changes from bainite to ferrite or pearlite during the course of standing or slow cooling after strong cooling, and the temperature rises. The larger the lamella spacing of the pearlite, the greater the flange flangeability. On the other hand, when the temperature is lower than the above temperature range, a martensitic structure is generated, and the stretch flangeability after annealing deteriorates.

  Therefore, with the above points in mind, the manufacturing conditions are as follows.

Finishing temperature: (Ar ₃ transformation point −20 ° C.) or higher At the finishing temperature of hot rolling lower than (Ar ₃ transformation point −20 ° C.), ferrite transformation proceeds in a part of the steel sheet until finish rolling. Ferrite grains not containing carbides increase and stretch flangeability deteriorates. Therefore, finish rolling is performed at a temperature equal to or higher than (Ar ₃ transformation point −20 ° C.). Thereby, the structure can be made uniform and the stretch flangeability can be improved.

End of strong cooling: Before the start of transformation If transformation starts during strong cooling, pro-eutectoid ferrite is formed, which causes deterioration of stretch flangeability. Moreover, the target bainite phase with a volume ratio of 20% or more cannot be obtained. Therefore, by ending strong cooling before the start of transformation, the steel sheet structure at the start of transformation can be a bainite-based structure at both the surface layer portion and the plate thickness center portion of the steel plate.

Strong cooling end temperature:
Regarding the strong cooling end temperature, when the temperature at the start of transformation exceeds 570 ° C., not only ferrite is generated before or after winding in the coiler, but also the pearlite lamellar spacing becomes coarse and the volume of the bainite phase is increased. The rate drops below 20%. Therefore, finely dispersed fine carbides cannot be obtained after spheroidizing annealing, and the hardenability is lowered. Therefore, the strong cooling end temperature is controlled so that the temperature at the start of transformation is 570 ° C. or lower.
At that time, by controlling the strong cooling end temperature so that the temperature at the start of transformation is 500 ° C. or more (upper bainite temperature), the volume fraction of the bainite phase becomes 20% or more, and the ferrite grains are uniformly coarsened. Excellent processability is obtained due to softening.
Furthermore, by controlling the strong cooling end temperature so that the temperature at the start of transformation is 500 ° C. or less (lower bainite temperature), the volume fraction of the bainite phase becomes 70% or more, and during spheroidizing annealing, the ferrite grains Since it is uniformly coarsened and extremely softened, extremely excellent workability can be obtained.
On the other hand, if it is strongly cooled to a low temperature range of less than 400 ° C., martensite is generated, so that workability deteriorates. Therefore, the strong cooling end temperature is preferably 400 ° C. or higher.

Temperature from the start of transformation to winding:
Further, in the high carbon steel plate, heat generation from the start to the end of the transformation is remarkable. For example, even when the cooling stop temperature is set to 550 ° C., there is a possibility that transformation heat is generated by about 50 ° C. until winding. When the temperature rise due to transformation heat generation is not suppressed and the temperature exceeds 570 ° C., the flaming spacing of the pearlite is promoted, and the stretch flangeability deteriorates.
From the above, when the strong cooling end temperature is controlled so that the temperature at the start of transformation is 500 ° C. to 570 ° C. (upper bainite temperature) so that the structure of the steel sheet after transformation does not change during run-out running, The temperature from the start to the winding is maintained in the range of 500 ° C. to 570 ° C. (upper bainite temperature), and the strong cooling end temperature is controlled so that the temperature at the start of transformation is 400 to 500 ° C. (lower bainite temperature). In this case, the temperature from the start of transformation to winding is maintained in the range of 400 to 500 ° C. (lower bainite temperature).

Winding temperature:
Winding is performed under cooling control so that the structure of the steel sheet after transformation does not change during run-out running, but when the winding temperature exceeds 570 ° C., proeutectoid ferrite is generated and the pearlite lamellar spacing increases, and the volume ratio is 20 % Of bainite phase cannot be obtained. Therefore, not only does the carbide after annealing coarsen and the hardenability deteriorates, but sufficient softening cannot be obtained and the workability decreases. Accordingly, the winding temperature is set to 570 ° C. or lower.
Furthermore, by setting the coiling temperature to 500 ° C. or less, the volume fraction of the bainite phase becomes 70% or more, and the dispersion state of the carbides becomes more uniform and fine, and extremely excellent workability and hardenability can be obtained. In addition, although the minimum in particular of coiling temperature is not prescribed | regulated, since the shape of a steel plate deteriorates, so that it becomes low temperature, it is preferable to set it as 400 degreeC or more.

  The basic manufacturing conditions are as described above, but further manufacturing conditions can be added as necessary.

  For example, the temperature fluctuation range from the start of the transformation to the end of the transformation is controlled within 50 ° C. by an alloy added to the steel. Thereby, the fluctuation range of tensile strength can be suppressed. Here, the fluctuation range is the difference between the maximum value and the minimum value, and the fluctuation range within 50 ° C. means the same as the central value ± 25 ° C. or less. This high-carbon hot-rolled steel sheet has a uniform structure and a small fluctuation range of tensile strength, so that the fluctuation of press workability in the coil can be reduced, such as a constant springback during bending. .

FIG. 2 shows an example of production equipment suitable for use in the method for producing a high carbon hot-rolled steel sheet of the present invention.

The manufacturing equipment shown in FIG. 2 is installed on the downstream side of the finishing device 1, the strong cooling device 9 capable of strong cooling at a cooling rate of 150 ° C./second or more on the exit side of the finishing mill 1, and the cooling device 9. And a slow cooling device 2 (usually a runout table of about 100 to 150 m with a cooling rate of 100 ° C./hour for suppressing a temperature rise due to transformation heat generation before winding in the coiler 5 and cooling to a predetermined temperature. With a sub-second capacity, variable cooling bank and amount of cooling water), thermometer 6 for measuring the surface temperature of the steel plate on the exit side of the finishing mill, and the surface temperature of the steel plate at the intermediate position of the slow cooling device 2 And a thermometer 8 for measuring the coiler coiling temperature when the steel plate is wound by the coiler 5.

  It is preferable that the strong cooling device 9 has a large cooling rate for all the thicknesses of the high carbon hot-rolled steel sheet to be manufactured. For example, when having a capacity of 150 ° C./second or more, when the tip of the steel plate proceeds at about 200 to 300 mpm, the finishing temperature is 900 ° C. to the coiling temperature 450 ° C. for about 3 seconds, that is, about 10 to 20 m long. This is because a very compact cooling facility can be obtained, and the cooling length is greatly reduced.

  Since the slow cooling device 2 needs to set the cooling amount so as to cool the temperature of the heat generated from the transformation heat generation behavior that changes depending on the type of steel and the end temperature of strong cooling, It is preferable that the cooling device be able to control the cooling amount. For example, a conventional laminar cooling device may be used as the slow cooling device 2.

  Below, the example in the case of implementing the manufacturing method of the high carbon hot rolled sheet steel of this invention using said manufacturing apparatus is shown.

As a first example (reference example) , a steel containing 0.32 to 0.38% by mass of C and 0.6 to 1.0% by mass of Cr was added to a finishing temperature (Ar ₍₃ transformation point−20 ° C.) After rolling at a temperature higher than 150 ° C./sec, strong cooling is performed so that the transformation start temperature is 500 ° C. to 570 ° C. (upper bainite temperature). After the strong cooling is completed before the transformation starts, the cooling is not performed by the slow cooling device 2 until the coiler 5 winds up, and the cooling is performed.

  As a result, the volume fraction of the bainite phase is 20% or more, and the ferrite grains are uniformly coarsened and softened, so that a high carbon hot rolled steel sheet having excellent workability can be obtained.

As a second example, a steel containing 0.32 to 0.38 mass% of C and added with Cr of 0.01 mass% or more and less than 0.6 mass% is subjected to a finishing temperature (Ar ₃ After rolling at a transformation point of −20 ° C. or higher, strong cooling is performed so that the transformation start temperature is 500 ° C. to 570 ° C. (upper bainite temperature) by a strong cooling device 9 having a cooling rate of 150 ° C./second or more. The cooling control is performed by the slow cooling device 2 so as to be maintained at 500 ° C. to 570 ° C. (upper bainite temperature) after the strong cooling is finished before the transformation is started and until the coiler 5 takes up.

  As a result, the volume fraction of the bainite phase is 20% or more, and the ferrite grains are uniformly coarsened and softened, so that a high carbon hot rolled steel sheet having excellent workability can be obtained.

As a third example (reference example) , a steel containing 0.32 to 0.38% by mass of C and 0.6 to 1.0% by mass of Cr was added to a finishing temperature (Ar ₍₃ transformation point−20 ° C.) After rolling, the strong cooling device 9 having a cooling rate of 150 ° C./second or more is used to perform strong cooling so that the transformation start temperature is 400 ° C. to 500 ° C. (lower bainite temperature). After the strong cooling is completed before the transformation starts, the cooling is not performed by the slow cooling device 2 until the coiler 5 winds up, and the cooling is performed.

  As a result, the volume fraction of the bainite phase is 70% or more, and the ferrite grains are uniformly coarsened and extremely softened during spheroidizing annealing, so that a high carbon hot rolled steel sheet having extremely excellent workability can be obtained.

As a fourth example, a steel containing 0.32 to 0.38% by mass of C and containing Cr in an amount of 0.01% by mass or more and less than 0.6% by mass is subjected to a finishing temperature (Ar ₃ After the rolling at a transformation point of −20 ° C. or higher, strong cooling is performed by the strong cooling device 9 having a cooling rate of 150 ° C./second or more so that the transformation start temperature is 400 ° C. to 500 ° C. (lower bainite temperature). The cooling control is performed by the slow cooling device 2 so as to be maintained at 400 ° C. to 500 ° C. (lower bainite temperature) until the winding by the coiler 5 after the strong cooling is finished before the transformation starts.

  As a result, the volume fraction of the bainite phase is 70% or more, and the ferrite grains are uniformly coarsened and extremely softened during spheroidizing annealing, so that a high carbon hot rolled steel sheet having extremely excellent workability can be obtained.

  Further, in the above example, the temperature control from the start of the transformation to the end of the transformation by the coiler 5 can be controlled within 50 ° C. by the cooling control by the alloy added to the steel or the slow cooling device 2. Thereby, the fluctuation range of tensile strength can be suppressed.

  In carrying out the present invention, in order to achieve excellent workability in a direct feed rolling process in which direct rolling is performed from continuous casting to rough rolling, or in a manufacturing process involving reheating of the slab, the chemical component is It is desirable to control to a specific range. In the present invention, the contents of C and Cr are controlled as described above, but in addition, for the purpose of, for example, improving hot workability within a range that does not hinder the effects of the present invention, a trace alloy element Can also be added.

  The high carbon steel thus prepared is made into a slab by ingot-bundling rolling or continuous casting. The slab is hot-rolled, and at that time, the slab heating temperature is desirably 1280 ° C. or less in order to avoid deterioration of the surface state due to generation of scale.

  In addition, the mechanical properties in the coil can be made uniform by heating the rough bar after rough rolling or the material to be rolled during finish rolling with an induction heating device.

Furthermore, by controlling the finishing temperature within a narrow temperature range immediately above the Ar ₃ transformation point, the effect of the structure refinement of the present invention can be exhibited more effectively.

  The effect of the present invention can be obtained in principle regardless of the presence or absence of heating or heat retention by a rough bar before finish rolling. Therefore, it can be effectively used not only for induction heating but also for a continuous rolling process using a coil box or the like. Further, when the material to be rolled is heated by an induction heating device immediately before or during finish rolling, edge heating may be performed, which is particularly effective when a thin steel plate having a thickness of 2 mm or less is manufactured.

  Moreover, when performing strong cooling after finish rolling, workability can be further improved if cooling is started within 0.1 seconds and exceeding 1.0 seconds after finish rolling. Furthermore, in order to promote spheroidization or reduce hardness, the coil may be kept warm by means such as a slow cooling cover after winding.

  In addition, either a converter or an electric furnace can be used for preparing the components of the high carbon steel of the present invention. Moreover, you may perform the direct feed rolling which rolls a continuous casting slab as it is or heat-retaining in order to suppress a temperature fall. Or you may abbreviate | omit rough rolling by application of a thin slab casting technique etc., and perform finish rolling.

  High carbon steels A, B, and C having chemical components shown in Table 1 were melted. Then, these high carbon steels are rolled using the production equipment shown in FIG. 2 under the production conditions shown in Table 2 (the plate speed is 250 mpm), and then annealed to obtain a steel plate having a thickness of 3.2 mm. Were manufactured (steel plates No. 1-5).

Steel plate No. 1 is Reference Example 1 , using high carbon steel A added with 1.0% by mass of Cr, and after finish rolling, performing strong cooling with strong cooling device 9 so that the transformation start temperature becomes the upper bainite temperature, After the strong cooling is completed before the transformation is started, the cooling is performed without performing the cooling control by the slow cooling device 2 until the winding by the coiler 5.

Steel plate No. 2 is Reference Example 2 , using high carbon steel A added with 1.0% by mass of Cr, and after finish rolling, performing strong cooling with strong cooling device 9 so that the transformation start temperature becomes the lower bainite temperature, After the strong cooling is completed before the transformation is started, the cooling is performed without performing the cooling control by the slow cooling device 2 until the winding by the coiler 5.

Steel plate No. 3 is Invention Example 1 , using high carbon steel B added with 0.15% by mass of Cr, and after finish rolling, strong cooling is performed with strong cooling device 9 so that the transformation start temperature becomes the upper bainite temperature. The slow cooling device 2 controls the cooling until the coiler 5 winds up after the strong cooling is finished before the transformation starts.

  Steel plate No. 4 is Comparative Example 1, using high carbon steel C added with 1.5% by mass of Cr exceeding the upper limit of 1.0% by mass of Cr addition in the present invention, and after the finish rolling, the transformation start temperature is After the strong cooling is performed by the strong cooling device 9 so as to reach the upper bainite temperature and the strong cooling is finished before the transformation starts, the cooling by the slow cooling device 2 is not performed until the winding by the coiler 5. It is a thing.

  Steel plate No. 5 is Comparative Example 2, using high carbon steel B added with 0.15% by mass of Cr, and after finish rolling, perform strong cooling with strong cooling device 9 so that the transformation start temperature becomes the upper bainite temperature, After the strong cooling is completed before the transformation starts, the cooling is not performed by the slow cooling device 2 until the coiler 5 winds up, and the cooling is performed.

FIG. 3 shows the temperature history immediately after the start of strong cooling of each steel sheet of Invention Example 1, Reference Examples 1 and 2, and Comparative Examples 1 and 2. FIG. 4 shows a comparison of the temperature histories of Reference Example 1, Reference Example 2 and Comparative Example 1, and FIG. 5 shows a comparison of the temperature histories of Invention Example 1 and Comparative Example 2. is there.

2 and Table 2, with respect to Reference Example 1 , after the end of strong cooling, a predetermined time (latency time: from the time when the steel sheet temperature reaches below the equilibrium transformation temperature predicted from the finishing temperature and the cooling rate until the transformation starts. after defining the time latency and) has elapsed, and the start of the transformation in the range of 500-570 ° C., also for the reference example 2, the strength after the cooling completion of the predetermined time period (latency) has elapsed 400-500 Transformation has begun within the range of ° C., the temperature history of each of them is also gentle, and the temperature has changed within the desired temperature range without using the slow cooling device 2.

For Example 1 of the present invention , the transformation starts immediately after the end of strong cooling, and the temperature rise occurs at about 90 ° C. in about 12 s. However, when the exothermic behavior is not controlled (when Cr is not added), it is about 110 ° C. in about 10 s. Compared to the sudden rise in temperature, the rise in temperature is moderate, and the use bank and flow rate of the slow cooling device 2 are controlled, and the second, fourth, and fifth of the 18 cooling banks are 10, respectively. As a result of cooling at 5 or 8 ° C., the temperature can be controlled within the target temperature range, that is, within the range of 500 to 570 ° C.

  In Comparative Example 1, after the end of strong cooling, the transformation started after a lapse of a predetermined time (latency time), and the heat generation behavior was slow, but after winding around the coiler 5, the transformation heat was generated. As a result, the temperature of the steel plate is increased.

  For Comparative Example 2, the transformation start temperature is the same as Example 3 of the present invention, but the transformation started immediately after the end of strong cooling, and then the slow cooling device 2 was not used, so the temperature rose approximately 90 ° C, The temperature is not controlled within the predetermined temperature range.

  And the sample was extract | collected from these steel plates, the measurement of the volume ratio of the bainite phase of a hot-rolled steel plate, and the hardness measurement of the annealing board were performed. The measurement results are shown in Table 3.

  In addition, about the measurement of the volume ratio of the bainite phase of a hot-rolled steel plate, the volume ratio of the bainite phase was measured with the scanning electron microscope after grinding | polishing and corroding the plate | board thickness cross section of a sample. For the hardness measurement of the annealed plate, the sample surface of the annealed plate was measured at five points using Rockwell B scale hardness (HRB), and the average value was obtained as the hardness of the sample.

As a result, as shown in Table 3, in the present invention example 1 and the reference examples 1 and 2 , the volume fraction of the bainite phase is 20% or more, and particularly, the strong cooling end temperature and the coiling temperature are set to the lower bainite temperature. In Reference Example 2 set to 1, the volume fraction of the bainite phase is 70% or more.

  On the other hand, in Comparative Example 1, since the Cr addition amount was too large as 1.5% by mass, the structure of the steel sheet at the start of transformation changed after winding, and the volume fraction of the bainite phase was less than 20%. It has become. Moreover, since the comparative example 2 did not perform temperature control after the start of transformation, the volume fraction of the bainite phase is less than 20%.

And about the hardness after annealing, in Example 1 of this invention and the reference examples 1 and 2 , compared with the comparative examples 1 and 2 , it is 10 points or less lower, respectively, and it can confirm that it has softened. In particular, Reference Example 2 in which the volume fraction of the bainite phase is 70% or higher and the annealing temperature is high is low in hardness after annealing and extremely soft.

The figure which shows the duration of transformation heat_generation | fever, and the temperature rise amount by transformation heat_generation | fever. The figure which shows an example of the manufacturing equipment used for the manufacturing method of the high carbon hot rolled sheet steel of this invention. The figure which shows the time-dependent change of the temperature of the steel plate in an Example. The figure which shows the time-dependent change of the temperature of the steel plate in an Example. The figure which shows the time-dependent change of the temperature of the steel plate in an Example.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Finishing mill 2 Slow cooling device 5 Coiler 6 Thermometer 7 Thermometer 8 Thermometer 9 Strong cooling device

Claims (3)

A steel containing 0.2 to 0.7% by mass of C and added with 0.01% or more and less than 0.6% by mass of Cr was hot-rolled at a finishing temperature (Ar ₃ transformation point−20 ° C.) or more. Then, perform strong cooling so that the transformation start temperature becomes the upper bainite temperature, and after the strong cooling is completed before the transformation starts, cooling control is performed so that the upper bainite temperature is maintained until coiling by the coiler. A method for producing a high-carbon hot-rolled steel strip. A steel containing 0.2 to 0.7% by mass of C and added with 0.01% or more and less than 0.6% by mass of Cr was hot-rolled at a finishing temperature (Ar ₃ transformation point−20 ° C.) or more. After that, perform strong cooling so that the transformation start temperature becomes the lower bainite temperature, and after the strong cooling is completed before the transformation starts, cooling control is performed so that it is maintained at the lower bainite temperature until coiling by the coiler. A method for producing a high-carbon hot-rolled steel strip.   The method for producing a high carbon hot-rolled steel strip according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the temperature fluctuation range from the start of transformation to the end of transformation is controlled within 50 ° C.

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